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LOUANNE WEGRZYNIAK

Staff Professional / Phoenix

Growing up in Tucson, Arizona, I have always been
conscious of human impact on our surrounding environment,
especially on our water supplies. Living in the Sonoran
Desert shaped my passion for sustainability and my desire
to give back to my community and ensure the health of our
natural surroundings. Since graduating from Arizona State
University with my Master’s, my goal has been to continue
my career in water resources engineering in order to
address complex problems all over the globe, with a special
focus on local and desert regions such as southern Arizona.

A few favorite projects of mine from the past include (in
academia) an analysis and proposed reuse solution for
Tijuana wastewater overflow pollution directly affecting San
Diego beaches, a design project focused on providing a
source for the revitalization of the Salt River in the Phoenix
Metropolitan Valley, and a data driven water quality impact
analysis on the Indian Bend Wash, which is a major drainage
area within the greater Phoenix metropolitan area that can
be a reputable model for low impact development solutions
used in urban flood control.

Obtaining my EIT certification has been my proudest
accomplishment to date, as well as receiving the Phoenix/
Scottsdale Groundwater Contamination Scholarship for
Environmental Science while attending my graduate studies.